Senior Tactical Data Link Test Engineer – Lead

Astrion; Eglin Air Force Base (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Astrion seeks a Tactical Data Link Test Engineer at senior level to support the TMAS 2 96 CTG Task Order for the 46 TS / TGBC at Eglin AFB, FL. You will lead planning, design, and execution of TD L test events and contribute to data analysis and reporting.

Qualifications include a Master’s in a technical field with 10+ years’ experience, U.S. citizenship, and Secret security clearance. Travel up to 25% CONUS/OCONUS and collaboration with DoD teams are required.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in a technical field and a minimum of 10 years of technical experience is required.
• Must be a U.S. citizen and possess or be eligible to obtain a Secret clearance.
• Relevant engineering (electrical, mechanical, aerospace or systems) and/or technical experience in areas related to TDL, data link radios, radio frequency waves and propagation, and computer networking.
• Ability to participate on a test team to meet exercise, demonstration, or test requirements.
• Ability to execute test scripts, run test procedures, develop block diagrams, and collect data for post-test analysis and reporting.
• Strong work ethic; Comfortable working in a team environment with minimal supervision.
• Ability to communicate and present technical details both written and verbally.
• Experience developing and authoring documents such as briefings, plans, reports, executive summaries, white papers, and staff actions.
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Suite of Office applications.
• Able to travel to contractors' facilities, test sites, and other locations, CONUS and OCONUS, up to 25% of the time.
• Able to lift 50 lbs. unassisted.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary face to the customer and TGBC focal point for all test planning, execution, and reporting activities for which TGBC is chartered to support.
• Design, coordinate, document, and brief test equipment architectures required to meet information exchange requirements (voice and data communications) specific to assigned program operations.
• Advise the government in decision making relevant to lead command responsibilities and to assigned capabilities and/or programs.
• Assist program offices in developing technical requirements associated with supported capabilities and/or programs and translating user operational requirements statements into the appropriate requirements format(s).
• Author, review and edit program documentation, including test plans, concept of operations, test cards, data-analysis plans, and formal reports.
• Coordinate test resources with Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB) program managers for use of and support to program testing activities.
• Maintain a comprehensive schedule of program activities, including TGBC support requirements and personnel utilization.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive library and/or continuity database used to capture all lessons learned, planning, execution, and reporting documentation relative to TGBC program involvement.
• Develop and present briefings to test community, program office and senior-level personnel on program activities.
• Utilize software tools to conduct in-depth data reduction and analysis which will be used to inform leadership of program activities pursuant to established objectives and technical performance criteria.
• Travel to various sites to participate in planning, execution, data analysis, report generation, etc., of program-related activities.
• Attends meetings as necessary to provide briefings, information, and recommendations.
• Support any additional test activities as assigned by TGBC leadership.

Skills

Test planning

Data analysis

Technical writing

Presentations

MS Office proficiency

Secret clearance

Education

Master’s Degree in a technical field

Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field

Job description

Astrion seeks a Tactical Data Link Test Engineer at senior level to support the TMAS 2 96 CTG Task Order for the 46 TS / TGBC at Eglin AFB, FL. You will lead planning, design, and execution of TD L test events and contribute to data analysis and reporting.

Qualifications include a Master’s in a technical field with 10+ years’ experience, U.S. citizenship, and Secret security clearance. Travel up to 25% CONUS/OCONUS and collaboration with DoD teams are required.